COURSE INFORMATION
Aerial Coolers in Gas Processing – Advanced Operations
Type:
Training Course
Length:
1 Days
CEU:
0.8
PDH:
8
Fee:
$695 CAD
5% GST will be added to course fees upon registration.
Course Description
This full day course runs consecutively with “Aerial Coolers – The Basics” and continues to discuss field-testing; trouble shooting; optimizing and de-bottlenecking existing facilities. The corrective treatment of air-side and process-side controlled units is discussed along with best retrofits for each type. New developments in fan-less coolers are also discussed. This course will likely be of interest to Senior Project and Operations Engineers; Senior Operators and Process Engineers.
A complete set of course materials and lunch is included in this course.
*Hands-on computer simulation of the equipment will be included as part of this course. Participants should bring a laptop to the course to load simulation software. Group studies will include the optimization of key equipment using supplied software.*
Course Outline 
Trouble-shooting and Field-Testing
- Heat-transfer or Air shortfall?
- Recirculation problems.
- Fouling – which side?
- Test set up.
- Minimum and ideal data required.
- Analysis.
- Continuous performance monitoring.
- Cooling Towers and Evaporative Coolers
Future Innovations
- SIDAC – Fan-less Coolers
- SADAC – Stack Assisted Coolers
Instructor Nev Hircock, PEng.Nev Hircock is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Cambridge UK and has over 32 years Oil and Gas experience since coming to Calgary. Nev has worked some 17 years with Dome and Amoco in both Project and Process Engineering capacities and since 1994 has been an independent Engineering Consultant specializing in Process and Environmental Engineering. He has been particularly involved in the efficient operation of Gas Processing Plants and associated rotating machinery such as compressors and aerial coolers. Nev has been giving seminars on many aspects of Gas Plant design and optimization for the past 30 years and has had numerous papers published with the Gas Processors Association in Western Canada and the Laurence Reid Gas Conditioning Conference of the USA.
Read More about Nev Hircock, PEng.
Upcoming Sessions
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